BUILDING BONUS GRANTS —
CONDITIONS
1226. Hon JACQUI BOYDELL to the minister representing the
Minister for Finance:
I refer to the minister's
recent media statement headed ''Building Bonus extension to provide WA
job certainty'', as well as question without notice 1184 asked by Hon Martin
Aldridge on 3 November.
(1) Why did the media statement not clearly state that
this extension does not apply for single-tier developments and owner–builders?
(2) What steps is
the government taking to ensure that people are not making financial decisions
based on the misleading information in the media statement?
(3) Please
provide a breakdown of the building bonus grants that have been approved and declined
by region.
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) The eligibility and time frames for the very
successful McGowan government building bonus program are clearly stated on the state government's
website as well as clearly displayed as part of the application process.
(3) The
information to answer this question is not readily available. To meet the
implementation time frame, the system for processing the building bonus grants
was built in stages. The data from additional reporting functionality to provide detailed information about grant payments and
recipients is expected to be available by the end of November 2020.